Guided Tours | 19th – 31st August
Explore our Grade II* Listed Mansion on a guided, hour-long tour through its finest rooms, with garden access included. Limited dates this August.
how can it help?
Being outdoors and interacting with nature can help in many ways. It can:
- improve your mood
- reduce feelings of stress or anger
- help you take time out and feel more relaxed
- improve your physical health
- improve your confidence and self-esteem
- help you be more active
- help you make new connections
- provide peer support
The government is interested in encouraging green social prescribing, which links people with nature-based interventions and activities, including local walking, community garden and food growing projects.
An escape from the stresses of normal life
For many, time in the great outdoors is an escape from the pace and stress of normal life. It has a calming, therapeutic effect on the mind. Studies show that the level of the stress hormone cortisol is lower when walking in nature. Regular exercise in woods or parks has been found to reduce the risk of poor mental health too. The same couldn’t be proved for non-natural settings like gyms.
Goodnestone Park is the ideal place for a walk in nature with its diverse range of plants, shrubs, trees, and wildlife. We keep everything as natural as possible and don’t use pesticides. There is plenty to see in our different gardens which cover roughly fifteen acres of the estate so allow yourself plenty of time to wander!